TechCrunch claims that Google is "stealthily preparing" to launch a new same-day-shipping Amazon Prime competitor called Google Shopping Express.

Sources have told TechCrunch that the service would cost $59 a year—undercutting Amazon's annual Prime subscription by $10—and allow customers to receive same-day deliveries from bricks-and-mortar stores. The sources don't expand on which those stores might be, but TechCrunch speculates that it might include the likes of Target, Walmart, Walgreens and Safeway.

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It's not the first time rumors have swirled about Google creating a Prime competitor, but previous speculation back in 2011 suggested that it would be a free service. This fresh rumor about undercutting Amazon seems more realistic—but, as ever, it remains to bee seen whether the speculation will turn out to be accurate. [TechCrunch]